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Occurrence record: ZOO:E/

Preserved specimen of Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 recorded on 2025-06-09
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Overview

Occurrence ID https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73324b59-b9d5-4f5d-8a8e-ebaf299ac9c8
Catalogue number E/
Other catalogue numbers NHMUK:ecatalogue:3812978
Basis of record Preserved specimen
Scientific name Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Licence CC0
Record Date 2025-06-9 (Day)
Locality Blakeney Point
Location Not supplied
Recorded by E. C. Baker
Identification verification status Accepted - considered correct

Dataset

Data partner Natural History Museum, London
Data resource Collection Specimens
Bibliographic citation Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.i4tk4lrk
Collection code ZOO
Institution code Supplied institution code "NHMUK"

Abundance

Individual count 3

Organism

Life stage egg

Event

Occurrence date 2025-06-09
Supplied as year:2025  month:6  day:9 
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-06-09

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Taxon rank subspecies
Name match metric Exact match
The supplied name matched the name exactly.
Species Sterna hirundo
Genus Sterna
Family Laridae
Order Charadriiformes
Class Aves
Phylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NHMSYS0000533839
Higher classification Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Aves; Charadriiformes; Laridae
Taxonomic issue No issues
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Infraspecific epithet hirundo
Habitat taxon freshwater
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Higher geography Europe; United Kingdom; England; Norfolk
Country United Kingdom
State/Province England
Locality Blakeney Point
Continent Europe

Additional properties

bioorder Charadriiformes

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